Manifold, 2018-20
single-channel video and 4-channel installation
26' 49"
VIDEO (silent version)
VIDEO (installation/sound version)
single-channel video and 4-channel installation
26' 49"
VIDEO (silent version)
VIDEO (installation/sound version)
Manifold, 2020
Running time: 26’ 49”
Manifold is both a silent, single-channel experimental film and a 4-channel video installation constructed almost exclusively from composited and collaged photos originally taken from a moving train (more than two thousand originals were shot during several trips between Seattle, Washington and the Willamette Valley in Oregon). The film establishes a dreamlike and liminal territory of Northwest landscape where stark industrial, agricultural and domestic tableaux are revealed in alternating succession. The Northwest landscape is the one I grew up in and generally regarded with a measure of melancholy for both its attractive and unattractive qualities. The work explores inwardly felt themes of private ownership and its effects on ecological and spiritual deterioration as the region grows and becomes more developed, and serves as a meditation on and critique of our reckless, fossil-fueled culture.
The work features (in order of appearance): Kaitlin Dacanay, Anastasia Hill, Tracy Palestino Davalos, Babette DeLafayette Pendleton, Sean Ardor, Ryan Patterson, Preston Wadley, Marlys Yvonne, Drew Santoro, Rosemary McGeady, Lilla Powell, Chris Rodriguez, Aleah Chapin, Irene Song, Shawn Backstrom, Dylan Ward, Robert Campbell.
Running time: 26’ 49”
Manifold is both a silent, single-channel experimental film and a 4-channel video installation constructed almost exclusively from composited and collaged photos originally taken from a moving train (more than two thousand originals were shot during several trips between Seattle, Washington and the Willamette Valley in Oregon). The film establishes a dreamlike and liminal territory of Northwest landscape where stark industrial, agricultural and domestic tableaux are revealed in alternating succession. The Northwest landscape is the one I grew up in and generally regarded with a measure of melancholy for both its attractive and unattractive qualities. The work explores inwardly felt themes of private ownership and its effects on ecological and spiritual deterioration as the region grows and becomes more developed, and serves as a meditation on and critique of our reckless, fossil-fueled culture.
The work features (in order of appearance): Kaitlin Dacanay, Anastasia Hill, Tracy Palestino Davalos, Babette DeLafayette Pendleton, Sean Ardor, Ryan Patterson, Preston Wadley, Marlys Yvonne, Drew Santoro, Rosemary McGeady, Lilla Powell, Chris Rodriguez, Aleah Chapin, Irene Song, Shawn Backstrom, Dylan Ward, Robert Campbell.